A Trio of glass, drums and piano was in Lucas's minds ear when he arrived in Beijing and two completely different musicians came forward to form this unlikely band. First to be recruited for drums was Yang Yang whose antics in his own band Mafeisan has given him the reputation of being the craziest exponent of the normally conservative Beijing scene. His ultra loud out and proud personality being in stark contrast to the mild mannered and brutally shy saxophonist Li Zenghui who came to the project as pianist, cause simply put there were no suitable pianists in the city.

They recorded two of their four jams, the sessions making up their only album Mrs Rice a despondent attempt at musicality and so far is Abela's most accessible work to date, the addition of Yang and Li's stabbing rhythm section forcing the seasoned noisician to take his glass instrument into surprising new directions.